1/700 DKM U-boat Type VII B

Product Code: 87008

Description

The Type VII U-boat, designed in secret during 1933-1944, were a
new generation of German attack submarines They had a much more
powerful striking force than the Type VII. They had five torpedo
tubes, four in the bow and one astern and could carry eleven
torpedoes onboard or 22 TMA 23 TMB mines They also had 88mm
fast-firing deck gun and 20mm AA gun At the beginning of the war,
the 88mm deck gun was very useful in sinking merchant ships,
enabling the more expensive torpedoes to be saved for larger and
more valuable targets These Type VII B U-boats were the spark
plug of the "Wolf Pack" Their production was in large members At
the same time, German Navy suffered the large losses of this
force, losing 784 U-boat, of which 519 were Type VII B U-boat.